Glory Of Jainism

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Khema Derani and Behmsa Shah were also Jainas. In his Rasamala, Dr. Farbesa has referred to Jagadu Sheh, a Jaina philanthropist, who saved millions of people during a femine by spending crores of rupees. The poets of his time time have praised him like Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh in their literary works. Many great and li beral persons have been followers of Jaina religion in the past centuries and they have con- ' tributed in no smallmeasure for safe-guarding our ancient culture and developing its art and craft, literature and philosophy. The numerous victory towers and historical monuments are living proofs in support of this truth. The ce le brated and world famous Jain temples of Dilwar considered as one of the seven wonders of the world are inconparable gems of Jaina 'architecture; the enhanting and the panorimic view of the holy shrines on the Shatrunjaya hill in Gujarat, the gigantic and grand Jinalaya temple at Ranakpur in Rajasthan the Prabhas Patan, Bhadreshwar, Kumbhariya, the colossal stature of Goma teswar at Sravanabelgola in Mysore and the temples at Belur, Mudabhadri and Karkal are notable monuments of Indian art and architecture, They were erected by Jaina philanthropists and their work has served the cause of further developing Indian art and architecture. .. If we look into the field of literature, we find similarly that the Jaina schokrs have left no stone unturned to develop and enrich the literature of almost all the prominent languages of India. The Jaina schoa rs were top most leaders and pioneers in Indian literature and they had never stood behind any other schola r who professed a . ..10. !